Spool-cabinet.



OSCAR ENGEL AND CARL ENGEL, SUN PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN.

SPOOL-CABINET.

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To all whom it Imay concern.: Be it known that We, OSCAR ENGEL and CARLENGEL, residing iii Sun Prairie, iny the county of Dane and State ofll'isconv sin, have invented .new and useful Improvements iiiSpool-Cabinets, of which the following is a description, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of thisspecification.

This invention has for its object to pre vide a spool cabinet which willsupport a series of spools containing ribbons or the likeV in plain Viewand which spools will. be so mounted as to be ca able of having theircontents reeled ofi t erefrom as needed Without the necessity forremoving the spools from the cabinet, though being quickly and easilyremovable for replacing thein with other s ools, when desired.

Anot ier object of the invention is to siinplifyv the construction ofthe spool supporting means of such a cabinet, so that the cabinet may beinexpensive in its construction and durable and eiiicient in use.

Another object of the invention is to incorporate the above features ina cabinet which is rotatable so as to contain a maxi.- mum number ofspools and occupy a minimum amount of space on the counter Where thegoods are to be displayed, the rotatable feature of the cabinet enablingit to have the spools mounted on all 'sides thereof and brought-to viewby turning thecabinet. With: the above and other objects in view theinventionAv consists in the spool cabinet herein claimed, its parts andcombination of parts and all equivalents.

Referring to the accompanying drawings in which like characters ofreference indicatethe same parts in the different views; Figure 1 is aperspective view of a spool cabinet constructed' in accordance with thisinvention; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view therethrough; Fig. 3 is-asectional Aplan view on an enlarged scale; Fig. 4 is a similarlyenlarged View of a fragment of the cabinet;

and, Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 of the abinet showing a modifiedform of frame. vIn these drawings 10 indicates a base adopted to standon a counter oroth'er place for supporting the cabinet, and 11 is avertical standard rojecting u wardly from the basano pivotal y sup ort.t e rotary cabinet. Aditime is provided, preferably nitide as shown inFig.'3,'of four boards v12 fastened together so that one edge oieachboard Speciication of Letters Patent.

'Lpplication tiled .Tune l, 1909.

Patented J an. 11, 1910.

sei-iai No. 499,457.

abuts against tli'e side of the next board at a short distance from theedge thereof so as to produci` a hollow tubular structure with the otheredges of the boards slightly pro-- jectiiip` at each of the four cornersof the frame. To these projecting edges are secured strips 13 which ineii'ect extend the projecting parts of the frame, and throughlongitudinal grooves in the linner or connecting edge of these stripsare placed verti` cal Wires 1+ which form pivotal connections forswinging angular spool frames 15 also toriiied of Wire and having loopedends' entering the slots 16 iii the strips 13 and sur-` rounf ing theWires 14. Thus each spool frame 15 is capable of swinviiig on itspivotal connection on wire 14 rom a position as shown at the left ofFig. 3, Where a spool may be freely placed thereon, to a position asshown at the right of Fig. 3, Where its free end meets the next strip 13of the frame, in which position the spool on the spool frame Will lieWithits axis approximately parallel with the plane ofthe side of theframe. At the points where the free ends of the spool frames touch thestrips 13 the latter are provided with spring clips or catches 17 lavingcurved spring tongues struck up therefrom behind which the ends of theWire frames may be held, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, and when thussupported the spoolramesare held in their relative -positions againstbending out of place either from the weight of the spooland its contentsor from the `ull thereon when the inaterial is drawn from the spool. Atthe top of the frame a top late 18 is secured and is preferably provi edwith a socket piece 19 on its under side to fit u on the pivotal bearingpin 20 on the top o standard 11 sothat the frame of the cabinet ispivotally suspended on the standard to be free to be turned at will forpresenting the different sides of the frame to View.

While itis preferable to form the frame as shown in Fig. 3, it may bedesirable to construct it of a single piece as shown in Fig. 5, Wherethe central opening is provided and the projections are formed at oneedge of each face of the frame, to which rojections the strips 13 aresecured as be ore` This spoolA cabinet is convenient` for hold' ing anddisplaying ribbons, laces or other goods wound onthe spools, cores ortubes. It is very compact. in construction, requiring less than a squarefoot of counter space.

:The spool supports being fastened or hinged atone end are always intheir proper place and cannot drop out, neither can the spools drop orfWhile in use or when measuring goods directly from the cabinet. Thecabinet may be made of any height or capacity desired.

What We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent isl. A spoolcabinet, 'comprising a rotary frame, a strip secured to one edge of eachface of the frame and provided with transverse slots and a longitudinalgroove along vits securing edge, a Wire in said groove, and

bent Wire spool supports pivotally mounted on said Wire by having` eyesformed on one end thereof and entering slots in the strip to receive thesaid Wire, and means en each strip for engaging the free ends of thespool supports of thevnext strip.

2. A spool cabinet, comprising a rotary frame consisting of boardssecured together,

each With its edge against the face of the neXt board and at a shortdistance from 'one edge thereof to form a projection at one edge of eachface of the frame, a strip secured to the projection at each of thefaces of the frame and provided with transverse slots and a longitudinalgroove along its securing edge, a Wire in said groove, and bent Wirespool supports pivotally mounted on said Wire by having eyes formed onone end thereof and entering the slots in the strip to receive the saidWire, and means on each of the strips for engaging the free ends of thespool supports of the next strip.

3. A. spool cabinet, comprising a base, a standard thereon, a rotarytraine surrounding the standard and having a top plate pivotally mountedon the upper end of the standard, said traine consisting of boardssecured vtogether each with its edge against the tace of the next boardand at a short distance from one edge thereof to forni a projection. atone edge of each face of the traine, a strip secured to the projectionat each of the faces of the frame and provided with transverse slots anda longitudinal groove along seeming edge, a Wire in said groove, andbent wire spool supports pivotaliy mounted on said Wire by having eyesiornied on one end thereof and entering the slots in the strip toreceive the said Wire, and clips secured to each of the strips havingspring tongues for engaging the tree ends oi" the spool supports of thenext strip.

In testimony whereof, We afhx our signaA tures,1n presence of twowitnesses.

@SCAR ENGEL. CARL ENGEL.

Witnesses z EMIL lvnAUsE, Roer. M. LONG.,

